Let me just say Jesus is Awesome!!!!! I was hanging out with a friend a few nights ago and we got into a big discussion on God's compassion for sinners and how do they know how to hear God's voice calling them. I got my answer a few days ago. It came in the second part of my blog. God is a comforter to all. He has so much compassion. He doesn't have a respect of person. He doesn't look at man's outer appearance. He looks at man's heart.
I met up with an old friend/co-worker a few nights ago. In the world's eye and friends around him would say that he has it going on and everything is going his way. He is successful and I put up the four fingers as to say "Quote"..... But as always you know I love just plain honesty. After fighting our way through a few smoke screens I manage to ask him a few questions. (1) Rate your relationship with God on a scale from 1 to 10. 10 being you are just head over hills in love with Him and you trust Him no matter what. (2) I ask him was Jesus no# 1 in his life. Now of course I'm asking myself these same questions and I do several times throughout the day. He confessed!!! He repented!!!! He gave his life to God that night!!!! We talked for hours upon hours. We just hung out and marveled at how Awesome Jesus is. He is The Comforter of Sinners as well as born again believers.........
John 8:1-11
We expect a loving heavenly Father to care for His children when they are hurt, persecuted, or misunderstood. But you might be surprised to realize that God comforts believers even when they have sinned.
Jesus did not come to condemn the world but to save anyone who believes in Him (John 3:17). Consider His response to the woman whom the Pharisees dragged from an adulterous liaison and dropped at His feet. Her accusers wanted the offender stoned to death. But instead of taking up a rock, Jesus offered her forgiveness. The Lord did not defend her actions or completely erase all consequences of her choices. However, He did offer her compassion and an opportunity to turn her life around: "Go. From now on sin no more" (John 8:11).
God understands our human frailty. And even before we do wrong, He knows the poisonous harvest that we will reap from sin. We certainly want a lot of comfort when we are suffering from our own foolishness. A loving God does not abandon His children at their hour of great need—His Spirit wades into the mess we have made. He offers to guide us out of the pit, soothes our broken heart, and provides reassurance that He is always close by.
Sinning against the Lord makes us feel unworthy of His care and solace. Yet God's forgiveness is based on His great mercy rather than our conduct. If Jesus Christ sacrificed His life to save you from your sins, then He certainly will love and comfort you, no matter what.
I met up with an old friend/co-worker a few nights ago. In the world's eye and friends around him would say that he has it going on and everything is going his way. He is successful and I put up the four fingers as to say "Quote"..... But as always you know I love just plain honesty. After fighting our way through a few smoke screens I manage to ask him a few questions. (1) Rate your relationship with God on a scale from 1 to 10. 10 being you are just head over hills in love with Him and you trust Him no matter what. (2) I ask him was Jesus no# 1 in his life. Now of course I'm asking myself these same questions and I do several times throughout the day. He confessed!!! He repented!!!! He gave his life to God that night!!!! We talked for hours upon hours. We just hung out and marveled at how Awesome Jesus is. He is The Comforter of Sinners as well as born again believers.........
John 8:1-11
We expect a loving heavenly Father to care for His children when they are hurt, persecuted, or misunderstood. But you might be surprised to realize that God comforts believers even when they have sinned.
Jesus did not come to condemn the world but to save anyone who believes in Him (John 3:17). Consider His response to the woman whom the Pharisees dragged from an adulterous liaison and dropped at His feet. Her accusers wanted the offender stoned to death. But instead of taking up a rock, Jesus offered her forgiveness. The Lord did not defend her actions or completely erase all consequences of her choices. However, He did offer her compassion and an opportunity to turn her life around: "Go. From now on sin no more" (John 8:11).
God understands our human frailty. And even before we do wrong, He knows the poisonous harvest that we will reap from sin. We certainly want a lot of comfort when we are suffering from our own foolishness. A loving God does not abandon His children at their hour of great need—His Spirit wades into the mess we have made. He offers to guide us out of the pit, soothes our broken heart, and provides reassurance that He is always close by.
Sinning against the Lord makes us feel unworthy of His care and solace. Yet God's forgiveness is based on His great mercy rather than our conduct. If Jesus Christ sacrificed His life to save you from your sins, then He certainly will love and comfort you, no matter what.
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Jesus did not come to condemn the world but to save anyone who believes in Him (John 3:17). I am so glad of this. I feel like I sin sometimes unintentionally. I follow God and believe in his teachings with all my heart, but I doubt my worthiness to actually get into heaven. Is that normal?
Elizabeth, You have no need to doubt. We will never be on this side of heaven. It is all because of His Grace that we are able to be born again. God has given us this gift freely. Never doubt. It is finished. That's what Jesus meant when He said that on the Cross. You are born again, by faith live it out. God bless you, and Jesus loves you so much.
Liz, we are only worthy because of Christ.